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March 09, 2007

Inspired

Our family went on a little overnight excursion this
weekend. We had parent-teacher
conferences up at the school on Thursday and then school was let out for
Friday-- so we surprised the kids by
having the van all packed up and whisking them away right after meeting with
their teachers and picking up their grade cards. Nothing does the heart good like a little
family bonding over an indoor pool and Domino’s pizza delivered to your hotel
room.

And, of course, a history lesson. No field trip family trip would be complete
without a little education. It’s just
the Ray Way.

Recently, Spencer heard that Winston Churchill’s library was
being housed at the nearby Westminster College. Since he had just finished the second volume
of The Last Lion, (a Christmas gift purchased for him by his darling wife,) it
seemed only fitting to follow up on the reading with a little visit to his
library. We didn’t know what a treat we
were in for. When we got there today, we
discovered not only a library, but a 4-million dollar museum on his life and
accomplishments. What was meant to be a little one hour stint,
turned into a three hour perusal of rooms and rooms of letters, memoirs and
videos they had on file there.

I loved learning more about the life of Winston Churchill. He lived his life with such purpose and
devotion for the good of Britain and for the world. I don’t even know if
he was a Christian or not-- (I read
today that he rarely went to church.
When he was approached about this, he said he was not a "pillar of the church"
but a "buttress." He supported it from the outside.) But his life story is amazing and it
inspired me to work as hard for the Kingdom of God as Churchill did for Britainand for freedom around the world.

Lately, our family has been viewing the Don’t Waste Your
Life videos for our family devotions and as I was thinking on Churchill today,
I kept hearing Piper’s voice saying:

Only one life, ‘twill soon be pastOnly what’s done for Christ will last.

Although I am just the wife of small-town, Baptist preacher,
and not the wife of a world famous Prime Minister who helped defeat a
tyrannical monster-- I felt privileged
today to be working for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. With the cross of Christ before me and the
world behind me, I will continue to engage in the battle against Satan, the
ultimate tyrannical monster.